Hajra

“How many things do we feel obliged to do for the sake of it, or for appearances, or because we are trained to do them, but which weigh us down and don’t in fact achieve anything?”
― Antoine Laurain, The Red Notebook

“It's the story of a bookseller who finds a handbag in the street one day, takes it home with him, empties out its contents and decides to look for the woman who owns it. He succeeds but when he finds her, he runs off like an idiot.”
― Antoine Laurain, The Red Notebook

“There's no such thing as a normal highschool experience, Thorny. You assume everyone else is happy all he time and living an ideal life. You don't get that other people are pretending too.”
― Chelsea Sedoti, The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett

“If you love the backs of cereal boxes or still recall how much you loved the Archie comics, share all that with your child. Ingesting words, like fruit and vegetables, is just plain good for us, no matter where they are coming from.”
― Pam Allyn, What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child--and All the Best Times to Read Them